Kirby Smart is tired of all the mean girls shit being thrown Jacob Eason’s way.
Asked whether Eason was more interested in having fun than grinding through his playbook was fact or fiction, Smart bristled and offered a staunch defense of the sophomore quarterback: “I think Jacob is a great quarterback. I think he’s somebody who understands our system. He works really hard. Jacob comes in and meets extra every chance he gets. A lot of the things you have heard about Jacob may not be true. I don’t know who your sources are; you haven’t told me your sources…”
In other words, as we like to say in the biz, pictures or it didn’t happen.
Get The Picture 
Good for Kirby. Who gives a damn if Eason likes to have a good time, or not. He’s in college. Does he have to be a monk to be a good SEC QB? I think not.
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Glad Kirby is taking up for him.
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He is compared to Stephen Garcia.
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Really? How many times has Eason been arrested?
This crap gets dumber by the minute.
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Senator, I agree that the Garcia comparison is over the top. However, Eason is very Stafford-like in that he came from outside the South and his goals are very similar:
1. Get to the NFL
2. Enjoy being being B.M.O.C. as much as possible.
3. Focus on UGA football.
I have both my kids at UGA now and they confirm there is no question that Eason is winning at number 2. I hope like most fans he shows improvement at number 3 this season.
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Texas is outside the south?
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just in, TX is now considered part of Canada and not southern Canada.
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Yep. Got the same report from my 2 in Athens. Don’t care if Eason parties, but I’m ready for a break from another shitty season. In fact, I’m gonna have a hard time staying interested if ’17 is a bust with our talent pool. A 4 loss season is a bust in my estimation.
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The comment was he is a monk compared to Garcia.
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And what is the getting dumber?
I will also add Garcia wasn’t a bad QB, not all everything but a decent QB.
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My senior UGA son also reports Eason and Nauta are winning at #2 in downtown Athens
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Kirby’s putting down an unfounded meme.
Always some jealous jack ass trying to start rumors.
This is pro-active of the coach and I’m glad to see it.
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There is zero chance that Eason likes to party more than Stafford. We’ll see how Eason’s career turns out, but I can’t even imagine what it’s like to be Jacob Eason walking around campus or downtown. How exactly IS he supposed to concentrate on football? As they say, the pu$$y is undefeated.
he probably needs his roommate ben cleveland just to keep them from tackling him every time he goes out
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The Stafford’s were out on Lake Lanier a few weeks back having their annual house boat party… Those people know how to throw down.
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I’ve been at that party a time or two. Definitely a good time to be had by all.
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I remember being at a party and seeing Zeier passed out on the floor of a chick’s house his freshman year. I don’t recall us discussing our disgust for him not being in the film room. Could have happened- I just don’t remember.
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Al Gore hadn’t invented the Internet then … pictures had to be sent off for development and printing 🙂
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Ha! The bars didn’t fotomats either, so I never got the pictures developed.
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Dig it bro
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Let me get this straight: Eason left a state with legal weed, next to Canada with a lower drinking age to play football in the SEC (a QB unfriendly conference) and at UGA (known at the time of his signing for punishing football players pretty regularly for being kids)..because he wants? to? party?
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Have you seen the coeds in the Pacific Northwest? No comparison!
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Please. Every state school is loaded with talent. I’m sure U-Dub has plenty of very pretty co-eds. And they’d be all over Eason’s jock there just they are here.
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Whatever. Have you ever brought a yankee to Athens or heck any SEC stadium? Have you been to a college game up north? I have done both. Yankees will tell you differently and the reaction is pretty awesome.
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I’m from the Midwest and have been to games across the country. There are hot women on any major campus.
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Georgia Tech…..
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He said “major campus”…
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There are a lot of 18-22 year old’s yes, but based on bringing Chicago guys who went to Big 10 schools to Athens, they say it is better here. In depth and quality.
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It’s all perspective
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No question about it. Not that the “there are pretty girls on every campus” crowd is wrong, but there are degrees and depth of beauty. UGA takes a back seat to no one, and crushes the vast majority. Very special, and still undefeated.
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Quantity is only an issue for all us normal schmucks. Starting quarterback doesn’t have to worry about “enough” girls. just needs one
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Spent a few years at U Dub and there are some very good looking co-eds there. Your opinion is just that like they say bout assholes, yep you have one and it counts as much. And yes I have spent time at games all over the country.
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Check the Oregon Cheerleader squad and get back to me. Makes our squad look like an Amish Team.
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I agree, but we could easily field multiple squads like Oregon’s or the USC song girls. It’s a philosophical difference in what is wanted from a cheerleading squad. Oregon chooses to emulate the NFL cheerleader model. It’s a bit ironic coming from a more progressive part of the country.
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Exactly, the Oregon cheerleaders are in a class by themselves. But UGA picks their cheerleaders with more emphasis on gymnastics than just how hot they are. We could field several groups of Oregon level cheerleaders if necessary to prove the point. But the Ducks are still the best in class because UGA chooses not to play.
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And the opinions continue on-will take the U Dub and Oregon co-eds over the ones in SEC schools any day.
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I hope he is taking full advantage of what must be a plethora or co eds to choose from
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Eason is getting the Stafford treatment.
I’ll never understand this “he doesn’t care enough” bullshit. If Stafford didn’t care, he wouldn’t be sitting on almost $100 million is signing bonus money. We had the #1 overall pick at QB (QB!) and these same Solons thought Joe Cox should start ahead of him.
I tell ya. I hope Fromme is better than Joey Cox.
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You never ever see guys like Joe Namath and Brett Farve and Kenny Stabler or Johnny Manziel succeed at the QB position in college. Ever.
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Exactly, Derek.
I like a little character in a QB. I will henceforth refer to Eason as “Jake the Snake” in honor of the late Ken Stabler, and I hope he throws go seven thousand yards this year.
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Showing my age, or such as Bobby Layne, One of the greatest college (University of Texas) and NFL QBs ever and perhaps the greatest drinking QB ever.
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Exactly. Bobo was a pretty good QB too and I remember an incident involving him and some trash cans late one night in Athens. As long as nobody has to go to jail or gets hurt, who cares?
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Or McMahon at BYU and Chicago. One hell of a party animal. And yes BYU does have pretty co-eds. I know that is impossible for some to grasp.
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Maybe, but they’re all married and have at least three kids.
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hovered over link – saw DawgNation – affirmation x10000 why I dont go to AJC.
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Seth writes for Dawgnation, though, and he’s the best UGA beat writer around.
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I miss David Hale …
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Do we know who asked the question? It’s rare for a beat writer to ask a gossipy question like that without having heard about stuff from people they trust. That’s why I was concerned by the question. Clowns like Clay Travis aren’t at these pressers to ask stupid questions for attention, so to spend time asking it says a lot IMO.
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I’d be worried about the guy if he didn’t have a good time in Athens! No better place to spend those years of your life.
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The picture I was shown was of Eason after the UT loss, and he was out of it. The same friend with the pic said Eason was a frequent flier on the Athens party scene during the season. That’s all I know. The speculation, for me, is that Fromm’s presence and serious demeanor will push Eason to the next level. Competition is always good, and my understanding is that Fromm is bright, attentive, and business-like in his approach.
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And my response to that…so what? An 18-23 year old male doing things that 18-23 year old males do in college is a big deal because…? What’s there to speculate about?
Based on my collegiate experience, there are plenty of people that were very successful in the classroom and in their subsequent careers that were regulars on the downtown party scene. I swear – people expect these guys to be like fucking robots with no other programming than “get better at football” and not the 18-23 year-old male away from home for the first time that wants to do things normal 18-23 year old males do.
This whole discussion is dumb now, was dumb when Stafford was in school, and will be dumb whenever the next big time QB signs with UGA. Let’s also not forget that Mike Bobo also was fond of shutting down bars so it’s not like this is limited to out of state guys.
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Agreed and was a reason I made a tongue in cheek remark about Garcia.
Plenty of people are successful and know how to party. I’d love to know what Namath, and Stabler did while at Alabama.
If you aren’t getting in trouble, learning the plays, and keep your grades up to be eligible, I really don’t care.
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Read “Snake” by Mike Freeman.
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Did Eason play Safety on the Hail Mary? Kid did his job, well, that game. I think a lot of Dawgs were looking “out of it” that night in Athens. Especially, many of the Dawgs on this thread that give lots of $ and bleed Red&Black
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Fake news!!!!!!
But seriously. He can party like Stafford all he wants if he produces like Stafford.
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What a silly question by the reporter, KS was right to have his back and fire back. I will worry when the night before carries over and impacts the performance on the field. Every one should have scoffed down too many drinks the night of the TN game. I have some concerns about Eason’s improvement from what we saw last season, but I don’t doubt he is a great kid and doing what most young people do while in college.
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